Live-Action ‘Star Wars: Clone Wars’? Hayden Christensen Says The Cast Is Interested

InnovationGamingLive-Action ‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’? Hayden Christensen Says The Cast Is InterestedByPaul Tassi,Senior Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. News and opinion about video games, television, movies and the internet.Follow AuthorAug 20, 2026, 09:54am EDTAug 20, 2026, 09:55am EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.Darth Vader (Hayden Christensen) in Lucasfilm's STAR WARS: AHSOKALucasfilm Ltd.The pieces are in place. Dave Filoni is now running the creative side of Star Wars after the departure of Kathleen Kennedy. Filoni has been bringing his animated Clone Wars and Rebels characters into live-action projects for years now. He’s recruited Hayden Christensen to reprise his role as Anakin Skywalker across two seasons of Ahsoka. He’s found a perfect Clone Wars-era Ahsoka in the young Ariana Greenblatt.Well, where do you think things could head next?The idea lurking in the shadows is that rather than just individual characters, actual story arcs from the long saga of the beloved Clone Wars series could be remade or adapted into live-action. Fans are extremely divided about that prospect, but the people most interested in the idea appear to be the actors themselves.On the Hey Jonas! podcast (yes, that is the Jonas Brothers), Hayden Christensen was interviewed and asked about the prospect:"I know that Ewan McGregor would love to do more with it. I've heard Natalie [Portman] would love to come back. Sam Jackson. So you could get the band back together.”No one has been more vocal about wanting his character to return to screens than Ewan McGregor, who would jump at the chance to do more with Obi-Wan through old or new stories. Samuel L. Jackson has frequently discussed the idea that his character, Mace Windu, was not actually killed in the prequels, and has asked repeatedly to bring the character back, even asking Manda...